Copland

Copland is the family name of several Scotch clergymen:

1. GEORGE, was licensed to preach in 1722; called to the living at Birsay and Harray in 1730, and ordained. He died August 9, 1735. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:393, 394.

2. PATRICK (1), was licensed to preach in 1671, and appointed to the living at Cushnie in 1672. He died in 1710. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:562.

3. PATRICK (2), was licensed to preach in 1704; called to the living at Tough in 1706, and ordained. He died September 22, 1745, leaving a son, Dr. Samuel, minister of Fintray. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticance, 3:566.

4. ROBERT, was ordained in 1814 as missionary at Euzie, and presented to the living at Durris in 1823. He died July 3, 1860, aged eighty years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:499.

5. SAMUEL, D.D., took his first degree at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1733; was licensed to preach in 1739; called to the living at Fintray in 1745, and ordained. He died February 19, 1795, aged eighty years. He published, An Essay on the Christian Character (1785). See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:503.

6. THOMAS, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1603; was appointed in 1615 to the living at Redkirk (Renpatrick), and transferred to Temple in 1620. He died in August, 1631, aged about forty- nine years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:307, 619.

7. WILLIAM, was born at Tough in 1709; took his degree at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1731; was licensed to preach in 1740, ordained as a minister at large in 1753, and presented to the living at Forres in 1763. He died May 8, 1772. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticance, 3:573.